The Black Cauldron
- Release Date
- July 24, 1985
- Director
- Ted Berman , Richard Rich
- Cast
- Grant Bardsley , Susan Sheridan , Freddie Jones , Nigel Hawthorne , Arthur Malet , John Byner
- Runtime
- 80
- Main Genre
- Animation
- Writers
- Lloyd Alexander , David Jonas , Vance Gerry , Ted Berman , Richard Rich , Al Wilson
- Tagline
- Hidden by darkness. Guarded by witches. Discovered by a boy. Stolen by a king. Whoever owns it will rule the world. Or destroy it.
- Franchise
- Disney Animated Films
Summary
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
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